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Into the West ()

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Season: 1 Year: 2005
Tales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.
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  • Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 20 wins & 32 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary

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Joseph M. Marshall ...
  Old Indian / ... (6 episodes, 2005)
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  Margaret Light Shines Wheeler (4 episodes, 2005)
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  Older Dog Star (4 episodes, 2005)
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  Older Jacob Wheeler (4 episodes, 2005)
Ricardo Andres ...
  Artillery Major / ... (4 episodes, 2005)
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  Thunder Heart Woman (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Jacob Wheeler Jr. / ... (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Clara Wheeler (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Running Fox (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Older Thunder Heart Woman (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Older Running Fox (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Jacob Wheeler (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Dog Star (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Jethro Wheeler (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Red Cloud (3 episodes, 2005)
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  White Crow (3 episodes, 2005)
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse ...
  Sleeping Bear (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Bluebird / ... (3 episodes, 2005)
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  Ethan Biggs (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Loved by The Buffalo / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Robert Wheeler (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Sitting Bull (2 episodes, 2005)
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  General George Armstrong Custer (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Abe Wheeler / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Enoch Wheeler (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Margaret Wheeler (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Ezra Wheeler (2 episodes, 2005)
Morris Birdyellowhead ...
  Good Shield (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Older Red Lance (2 episodes, 2005)
Benjamin Smoke ...
  Abe Wheeler, 3 yrs / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Summer Rae Birdyellowhead ...
  Margaret Light Shines Wheeler 8 yrs / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Crazy Horse (2 episodes, 2005)
Sage Galesi ...
  Margaret Light Shines / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Jacob Wheeler Jr. / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
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  Martin Jarrett (1 episode, 2005)
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  Stephen Hoxie (1 episode, 2005)
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  Loved by the Buffalo (1 episode, 2005)
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  Jedediah Smith (1 episode, 2005)
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  Colonel J. Chivington (1 episode, 2005)
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  Rachel Wheeler (1 episode, 2005)
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  Captain Richard H. Pratt (1 episode, 2005)
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  Johnny Fox (1 episode, 2005)
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  Old Clara Wheeler (1 episode, 2005)
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  Preacher Hobbes (1 episode, 2005)
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  Daniel Royer (1 episode, 2005)
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  James Fletcher (1 episode, 2005)
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  David Wheeler (1 episode, 2005)
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  Five Horses / ... (1 episode, 2005)
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  Daniel Wheeler (1 episode, 2005)
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  Older Robert Wheeler (1 episode, 2005)

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Plot Summary

An epic tale of two figures during the American colonization of the west, one white and the other Native American. Jacob Wheeler leaves his dull life behind to strike out west, while Loved By the Buffalo faces his destiny to try to fight a prophecy that his people will be wiped out by the settlers. Jacob marries Loved By the Buffalo's sister Thunder Heart Woman, uniting the two families while around them relations between the two races crumble. Written by rmlohner

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Also Known As
  • In den Westen (Germany)
  • Into the West (Miniserie de TV) (Spain)
  • На Запад (Russia)
  • Batıya Doğru (Turkey, Turkish title)
  • Na Zachód (Poland)
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Runtime
  • 92 min
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Budget $50,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The title of the series is also the title of the Oscar-winning original song by Annie Lennox, Fran Walsh and Howard Shore, which features in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). In that film Sean Astin', who plays 'Martin Jarrett' here, stars as 'Samwise Gamgee'. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006). See more »
Quotes Jacob Wheeler: [Margaret Light Shines and Ethan Biggs look around the place of a mountain man that could be Margaret's father] Don't you move. I'll blast your guts down your backside.
Ethan Biggs: I'm not a thief.
Jacob Wheeler: Shut up! You don't look like a thief. You don't know the woods. You announced yourself a mile away.
Ethan Biggs: We're looking for someone.
Margaret Light Shines: We're looking for Jacob Wheeler.
[Shows him her wheel necklace]
Jacob Wheeler: [In Lakota] Light Shines?
[nods and responds in Lakota]
Jacob Wheeler: Margaret, is that you?
Margaret Light Shines: Daddy?
Jacob Wheeler: [Thrusts his rifle at Ethan Biggs] Hold that, young man.
[Embraces Margaret Light Shines]
Margaret Light Shines: [crying] Daddy!
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